Problems at the Alewife bike cage only two weeks after it opened
With much fanfare, the T opened a large room at the Alewife T stop where bicyclists could store their bikes securely - only people with a special CharlieCard could get in.
At the time, Dan Dunn doubted the cage would remain secure for long. He reports he's already found the door swinging open three times and that, when he reported it to a T employee yesterday morning:
... He replied that he'd called the problem in, but no one would fix anything. He went on a long rant about management, two years without an employment contract, bad faith negotiating, $300,000 bike racks, four-foot door hinges on five-foot doors, and repeatedly told me that I shouldn't hold my breath for a fix. At 7:30 tonight I got back to Alewife. I can't say I was surpised to see the door to the bike cage hanging open. ...
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Alewife Bike Cage Door
Hey you know, a door closer costs about $100 at the most, so if someone who uses the Alewife Bike Cage really cares enough, they can figure out a simple solution like I just did and get together with some other users and demand or effect the change they want to see in their community.
Take some personal responsibility. They're doing a crappy job of putting things together. Step up and do it yourself or stop whining for a handout, regardless of whether or not they should actually be able to provide the service.
They can't, they won't, so get it done or move on. :)
And then, that happened
And then you get taken down by the MBTA Police with a large black party bus for installing a bomb at the T station...
Yeah. Good idea. If they didn't know enough to install one when they built the thing, I'm guessing they don't know what one looks like and it'll need to be removed with a robot and detonated.